"Little fox, run." The tree spirit spoke slowly, but the other party clearly did not understand him very well.
"Run? Run from where? Maze Wood Forest?"
"Leave this forest. I don't mean Maze Wood Forest, but this entire great forest. Run." The tree spirit's voice was low and dejected.
"What exactly happened?" The white fox's voice turned serious. He understood the tree spirit's personality—it was not the kind of person who would ever joke around.
Moreover, the tree spirit could connect with the plants in the forest, allowing it to know everything happening throughout the forest.
"Did a human army attack? Demihumans? Or steel-ranked adventurers?"
"No, none of those. Something far more terrifying." The tree spirit paused.
"A few hours ago, something appeared. From the moment it appeared, my connection to half the forest was severed.
At that moment, I had an illusion—that those plants, those plants without intelligence and driven only by instinct, all knelt in the same direction in an instant.
Then, not long ago, an immense spiritual force swept through the entire forest along the plants' connections. I had never encountered such powerful spiritual force before.
It was like the Wood Dragon—no, it far surpassed the Dragon King! Although that being connected to the forest for only a second, I was certain of it. It exists."
The tree spirit delivered his conclusion in a grave voice.
"A terrifying monster has come here. A monster even more frightening than the Dragon King."
Aya sat by the lake, her bare feet kicking up splashes of water. The fairy dragon lay curled up behind her when Aya suddenly muttered something strange.
"If you want to get rich, plant trees first."
In the world where she had originally lived, the environment had completely deteriorated. The sky and earth were both black, filled with black smoke and flying sand. Humanity could not survive outside the cities at all.
According to historical records, during the process of environmental degradation, an eastern nation had made an outstanding contribution to environmental protection. They had built vast numbers of shelter forests throughout their country and had actually succeeded in blocking the windblown sand and desertification.
"If you want to get rich, plant trees first." That was also a slogan that had spread from there.
Now, what she needed to do was plant a tree—a Creation Divine Tree.
"Madam, the island in the center of the lake has been completed, and the sapling has been planted. I'm going to begin catalyzing it." The treant's message reached her ears.
"Alright, I'm counting on you." Aya could not help with this, so she could only leave it entirely to the treant. She also used Intermediate Magical Beast Creation to make several little fairies to assist her.
As for the fairy dragon, it was even less help. Specialized for combat, it could only lie to the side and sleep.
A flash of multicolored radiance passed by, followed by the sound of something breaking through the earth. In roughly three seconds, under Aya's astonished gaze, a towering tree had already grown.
Other than being larger, it looked no different from an ordinary tree at first glance. But upon closer inspection, one could see that every leaf was impossibly verdant, reflecting the sunlight with seven-colored radiance.
Fine patterns covered them as well. According to the setting, every leaf had a different pattern, though Aya had never examined them closely.
And perhaps it was not an illusion—the already crystal-clear lake water beneath it seemed to become even clearer and brighter when the divine tree appeared.
"Next are the Emerald Spirit Trees." As she spoke, three Emerald Spirit Trees appeared around the Creation Divine Tree. They were somewhat shorter than the massive tree in the center, but their vitality and beauty were equally remarkable.
"Madam, the treehouse you requested has also been completed." The Divine Tree Treant drifted down from the spirit tree's canopy, landed beside Aya, and bowed.
"Amazing."
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